Tuesday, June 27, 2023

HDC finally declares a climate and ecological emergency

At its first full working council meeting on 21 June 2023, HDC finally accepted that there is a Climate and Ecological Emergency (at 55 minutes in, despite the vocal protestations from the Tory opposition)!  Evidence for my 'not fast enough' view comes from Climate Emergency UK's scorecard for Horsham District - we should have done better.

As I said in May, we hear what the new administration is saying, now for the hard bit...

Horsham District's Reg.19 Local Plan - On The Rocks or Awaiting New Orders?

After just 3 days of hearings, which started on the 10 December 2024, the Planning Inspector suspended the hearings, which were due to conti...